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To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends federal transportation law to exempt certain logging vehicles from federal vehicle weight limits on Interstate highways. The exemption applies to vehicles transporting raw or unfinished forest products such as logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips when traveling not more than 150 air miles from the origin to a storage or processing facility. The vehicles must comply with the state's legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting forest products within that state's boundaries. The exemption only applies to state weight limits that are in effect on the date the bill is enacted.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Wied, Tony [R-WI-8] (R-WI)
18 cosponsors
- Rep. Biggs, Sheri [R-SC-3] (R-SC)
- Rep. Carter, Earl L. "Buddy" [R-GA-1] (R-GA)
- Rep. Cline, Ben [R-VA-6] (R-VA)
- Rep. Collins, Mike [R-GA-10] (R-GA)
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL)
- Rep. Ezell, Mike [R-MS-4] (R-MS)
- Rep. Golden, Jared F. [D-ME-2] (D-ME)
- Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] (R-VA)
- Rep. Grothman, Glenn [R-WI-6] (R-WI)
- Rep. Hurd, Jeff [R-CO-3] (R-CO)
- Rep. Loudermilk, Barry [R-GA-11] (R-GA)
- Rep. McGuire, John J. [R-VA-5] (R-VA)
- Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1] (R-AL)
- Rep. Thompson, Glenn [R-PA-15] (R-PA)
- Rep. Tiffany, Thomas P. [R-WI-7] (R-WI)
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI)
- Rep. Vindman, Eugene [D-VA-7] (D-VA)
- Rep. Westerman, Bruce [R-AR-4] (R-AR)
Actions (3)
- Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Mar 14, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Mar 14, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 14, 2025
Mr. Wied (for himself, Mr. Golden of Maine, Mr. Ezell, Mr. Tiffany, and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To amend title 23, United States Code, with respect to vehicle weight limitations for certain logging vehicles, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Safe Routes Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. VEHICLE WEIGHT EXEMPTIONS.
Section 127 of title 23, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(z) Certain Logging Vehicles.—
“(1) In general.—The Secretary shall waive, with respect to a covered logging vehicle, the application of any vehicle weight limit established under this section.
“(2) Covered logging vehicle defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘covered logging vehicle’ means a vehicle that—
“(A) is transporting raw or unfinished forest products, including logs, pulpwood, biomass, or wood chips;
“(B) is traveling a distance not greater than 150 air miles on the Interstate from origin to a storage or processing facility; and
“(C) meets State legal weight tolerances and vehicle configurations for transporting raw or unfinished forest products within the State boundaries in which the vehicle is operating.
“(3) Application of weight tolerances.—The waiver in this subsection shall only apply with respect to a State legal weight tolerance in effect on the date of enactment of this subsection.”. <all>
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